marek wrote:THANKS NBC/NHL... According to my Directv app (listing) the game is blacked out here in so-cal too.I turned down tickets to go watch the queens raise their banner 'cause I wanted to watch this game.

marek wrote:THANKS NBC/NHL... According to my Directv app (listing) the game is blacked out here in so-cal too.I turned down tickets to go watch the queens raise their banner 'cause I wanted to watch this game.

I'm pretty sure every NBC game is "blacked out" and only appears on NBC unless you are local and have ROOT or something. Anyways whenever NBC decides to show some other game, you can watch the stream of the game on their web site. I was able to watch 100% of games that were not on my local NBC affiliates this way last year.

Kovy27 wrote:It is the best rivalry in the NHL in the eyes of the Pens and Flyers fans. I'm sure Boston-Montreal fans feel thats the best, Chicago-Detroit...etc.

Hell, I think a lot of FLyers fans feel the Rangers are a bigger rival, and some around the country feel the Caps are a bigger rival to the Pens.

We are like the third wheel in that Rangers and Flyers. We need a new rival like Buffalo.

I don't know about that. Most Flyers fans I know hate the Pens the most (and this was the case even pre-Crosby, though the three years pre-2004/5 lockout no one bothered with hating us), and I happened to stumble upon this recently:

Why does everyone act so surprised the Pens aren't shown everywhere else in the country? The LA Kings should be the marquee game this week because they are the SC champs. The Pens aren't the only team that gets marketed by NBC.

I think people are upset that these "National" games are actually regional. It must be frustrating to have Center Ice, NHLN, NBCSN and STILL not get to see every game. Why pay money for all these channels if you still miss games?

nocera wrote:I think people are upset that these "National" games are actually regional. It must be frustrating to have Center Ice, NHLN, NBCSN and STILL not get to see every game. Why pay money for all these channels if you still miss games?

Ding...ding...ding. We have a winner. It is especially true for this game, this year because 3 months worth of no Pens and we gotta wait one more day (ditto for Flyers fans who don't get the game in their area). BS.

nocera wrote:I think people are upset that these "National" games are actually regional. It must be frustrating to have Center Ice, NHLN, NBCSN and STILL not get to see every game. Why pay money for all these channels if you still miss games?

Ding...ding...ding. We have a winner. It is especially true for this game, this year because 3 months worth of no Pens and we gotta wait one more day (ditto for Flyers fans who don't get the game in their area). BS.

BEPF

But you DONT have to wait..the game will be streamed online on NBC website..

I honestly don't care if the Pens are not shown nationally - as long as my subscription to NHL Center Ice, which is supposed to get me all Pens games other then "nationally broadcast games on NBC, NBCSN, and NHLNetwork".

That's the problem - those of us "out of market" are paying to get "all games not nationally broadcast", but are not getting the opening game.

(And please don't bring up the "you can still watch it online" argument - I don't pay to watch it online - I pay to watch it on my TV... I am paying for it and not getting what I paid for...)

And - how many games are already scheduled to be NBC games this season? How many of those are "regional" and we don't know it yet?

Sieve70 wrote:I honestly don't care if the Pens are not shown nationally - as long as my subscription to NHL Center Ice, which is supposed to get me all Pens games other then "nationally broadcast games on NBC, NBCSN, and NHLNetwork".

That's the problem - those of us "out of market" are paying to get "all games not nationally broadcast", but are not getting the opening game.

(And please don't bring up the "you can still watch it online" argument - I don't pay to watch it online - I pay to watch it on my TV... I am paying for it and not getting what I paid for...)

And - how many games are already scheduled to be NBC games this season? How many of those are "regional" and we don't know it yet?

Anger is now growing...

I share your feelings man. I'm in San Antonio and I have Kings/Hawks issue as well. Just got off the phone with DirecTV and they can't do anything for me.

I WON'T BE HOME FOR THE GAME TOMORROW SO I CAN'T RECORD IT AND I OBVIOUSLY CANNOT WATCH IT LIVE. DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF I CAN SEE THE GAME AFTER THE FACT???? GAMECENTER??? NBC.COM??

nocera wrote:I think people are upset that these "National" games are actually regional. It must be frustrating to have Center Ice, NHLN, NBCSN and STILL not get to see every game. Why pay money for all these channels if you still miss games?

Bingo. I pay all this money for out-of-market games and I still can't watch them with the package I paid for? Not cool.

Sieve70 wrote:I honestly don't care if the Pens are not shown nationally - as long as my subscription to NHL Center Ice, which is supposed to get me all Pens games other then "nationally broadcast games on NBC, NBCSN, and NHLNetwork".

That's the problem - those of us "out of market" are paying to get "all games not nationally broadcast", but are not getting the opening game.

(And please don't bring up the "you can still watch it online" argument - I don't pay to watch it online - I pay to watch it on my TV... I am paying for it and not getting what I paid for...)

And - how many games are already scheduled to be NBC games this season? How many of those are "regional" and we don't know it yet?

Anger is now growing...

The exclusive rights of the NHL is why NHL Center Ice can not have it. There is no anger. You have to deal with it.